The aim of this study is twofold: (i) At first, the authors would like to analyze the financial reliability of Energy Service Companies (ESCO) industry in Italy by using the Z” score model by Altman et al. (1995) and (ii) secondly, observing the trend of Z’’ values from the year 2010 to the year 2014, they would try to connect these changes to specific business behaviors. An empirical research ...

EPC (Energy Performance Contracting), as a mechanism grounded in markets, is important for the energy saving industry. The issue of energy savings benefit allocation in Shared Savings Energy Performance Contracting Projects is one obstacle frustrating the rapid growth of the energy performance contracting mechanism. Currently, studies on this issue primarily adopt the equilibrium principle of g...

A national subsidy program is one of the key elements for translating customer choice into a larger market share for renewable energies. Since solar water heaters (SWHs) are a cost-effective and mature technology, purchase-based subsidy programs have been sponsored by the Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs (BEMOEA) in Taiwan. The market of SWHs is associated with economic factors, p...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Possible associations between depressive symptoms and work-related parameters have frequently been discussed in the literature. The present study was aimed to evaluate the work-related depressive symptoms and their possible-related parameters among male employees of Esfahan Steel Company (ESCO) as one of the most important industrial sites in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS Wit...

Deregulation in the power industry drives competition. It also increases the risk of doing business. Therefore it is important to manage and assess the risk. Value at risk (VaR) analysis has been used in financial institutions to evaluate portfolios of assets for some time, but the application of the approach in the power industry has not been established. The VaR of serving customer demand usi...

Rapid urbanization and the continued expansion of buildings have resulted in a consistent rise energy consumption buildings. At same time, monitoring building has to achieve goals an “Emission peak” “Carbon neutrality”. Numerous systems been established several types public However, there is need ensure that data are continuously acquired superior quality. Scholars noted in-depth research conne...

The Superbonus is an Italian tax relief policy aimed at encouraging residential buildings’ energy and seismic efficiency. Only the part of legislation analyzed here. deductions exceed nominal value project, making interventions convenient even for economically disadvantaged citizens small construction companies. However, measure has only found wide diffusion in single-family housing, while it p...

BACKGROUND Lack of data on occupational stress among Iranian industrial employees persuaded us to design and conduct this study to evaluate the prevalence and associated parameters of occupational stress among male employees of the Esfahan Steel Company (ESCO), one of the biggest industrial units in Iran. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 400 male employees were sampled from the operatio...

Energy demand growth in Asian countries is predicted to be the highest world. One of drivers energy urbanization. Along with growing urban areas, public infrastructure, such as streetlights, also expanding. Unfortunately, conservation measures facilities are commonly constrained by budget limitations local governments, while potential participation service companies (ESCO) requires regulation r...

Type III secretion systems (T3SSs) are multiprotein molecular devices used by many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens to translocate effector proteins into eukaryotic cells. A T3SS is also used for protein export in flagellar assembly, which promotes bacterial motility. The two systems are evolutionarily related, possessing highly conserved components in their export apparatuses. Enteropathogeni...